I had to make sure that this got posted before I laid off for the Sabbath. COG Writer reports that it is now official that the “WCG Changes Name to GCI!” I wouldn’t have known of this any earlier, as I just don’t subscribe to anything WCG does. The only…
Today, this post is being automatically posted through a scheduler. You see, today is a day of rest. It is a Holy Day. Today is the 1st Day of Unleavened Bread for those in the Church of God who still follow the calculated Hebrew calendar. According to the Vatican, this…
How do we know we are near the time of the end? OK, I have 2 reasons for doing this, I’ll admit. First of all, if you are familiar with the end of the Book of Daniel, you know that one of the signs of the end time is the…
I have argued previously that God is sovereign over all and God uses things such as the recent state of the US economy to get our attention (see “What’s God’s Purpose for the Recession?“). The US economy has become so weak and the devaluation of the dollar has gotten to…
On 27 March, Clyde Kilough stated in “About Our Father’s Business” that the Good News Bible Reading Program (BRP) may start firing up real soon. Tom Robinson has been busy with editing booklets so they can be resized in order to conform to US Postal standards for lower cost items….
Brethren, are you up to the task? Have you ever been put in a situation where you quite couldn’t figure out why you were there and what God was doing in your life? After time goes on, a small light appears, then it gets bigger but fuzzy. That’s how I…
I reluctantly give Beyond Babylon: Europe’s Rise and Fall 2 stars. Why 2 stars? Well, I ended up justifying it with the fact that even a broken clock is correct twice per day. Even those on the Church of God (COG) extreme fringe are bound to get a few things…
If God exists, and if the US is a Christian nation, then why the economic downturn? The Bible talks a lot about blessings and curses. Ancient Israel was promised blessings if it obeyed and curses if it disobeyed (Dt 28). However, Jesus spoke of 2 catastrophes in His day and…
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ~ Ex 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go…
It’s interesting sometimes how the news will have similar subjects that go in different directions. Justice For All Twist MSNBC reported on 26 March that “Hundreds of Pa. juvenile convictions reversed“. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were found to have taken $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for putting…